E.O.W Round 25: Cafe

[Red_Rook]

E.O.W. - #025: Cafe

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Round #025

Topic:
Cafe

You MUST include a description or backstory this round, or your image wont be taken to poll. Good luck!


Deadline:
Wednsday, 24th May 2006 6PM GMT

[Red_Rook]

Yeap! Lets mix it up some!

Please note it doesnt need to be on a streetside in france (allthough thats an awesome idea! Something contemporary!) but it can also be like a cafe 300 years in the future on floor 568 with huge glass windows whatching cars fly by, some postapocalyptic underground bunker cantina :P ;) have fun with it its a loose topic :D

[Lewis]

Fun topic :D
Ive never participated in EOW, lets see if i can crack something up!

[Hideyoshi]

ooh, this sounds great!
I think we can expect some interesting entries...
hope I have time.

[AndrewLey]

Two tank pilots stop to take a break....

http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/2743/cafe41xe.jpg

[bumskee]

ha!, that didn't take you long. *sigh* awsome, btw didn't see your name in last man standing #2!

[Pixeldragoon]

What the hell Andrew!!! Damn it.

[chaosrocks]

Im sorry am I missing something? how is that a cafe?
It's a brilliant drawing, but.... Im confused
Chaos

[artiphats]

Scroll to the right, there is a sign hanging that says "Cafe", and they are sitting outside of it, seemingly talking, reading the paper, and drinking.

Not what I would have immediatly thought of by looking at the topic, but that makes it all the better in my eyes. Plus, it just kicks ass as a digital painting, very well designed, great custom brushes I see, nice texture, and I bet he did it in a fraction of the time it would take me to do - and I still wouldn't come close. Of course, I'm aiming to improve on that last part!

[Simon Boxer]

It's got a really crisp, refreshing atmosphere. Great work, I like the contrast of subject matter - very simple, low-key Cafe exterior with high tech machinery.

Although if I were the cafe owner I'd probably request they redirect the turret while dining there. hehe

[Form]

fresh, ley!! tho u should prolly be flexing these muscles in IDW ;)

[chaosrocks]

oh! duh. scrolling...what a concept... more to the point it's really good
chaos

[Red_Rook]

HAH Fresh!

[Hideyoshi]

damn.

[silliKONe]

that is sawwwweeeet.

[speculart]

I blinked and in a flash awesome art appeared. That is a nice piece AndrewLey. Thats quicker and slicker.

Thats a sweet pic AndrewLey. I got idea for this one that far beyond my abilities but what he hell. So i probaly won't be posting anything for this one.

[Red_Rook]

Thats a sweet pic AndrewLey. I got idea for this one that far beyond my abilities but what he hell. So i probaly won't be posting anything for this one.

what kind of excuse is that?!

[chaosrocks]

Lame... my ideas are always beyond my abilities....ain't stopped me yet
chaos

[rawwad]

Awesome sketch Andrew, cool style and idea as always :D

[dragon4lunch]

This cafe is located on Mars, in a bout 140 years from now. It's a popular hang-out for couples, as privacy is provided, i.e. tables are far apart or even are located in seperate pods. The skylight allows visitors to enjoy the orange/red Martian sky during the day and a, usually very clear, view of the stars in the evening, all while sipping some imported coffee or enjoying the large variety of tea flavours. (Notice the "u" in flavours - this is no coincidence because on Mars, British English prevails. The first mayo(u)r of Mars City had a penchant for British English and made it policy. Thus "U"-keys of keyboards on Mars are often slightly less ledgible than the average keyboard on Earth. This is of course, because the more frequent usage of the "u" on Mars wears off the letter paint, which is still just paint, even in 140 years from now.

Tea, it must be said, is somewhat expensive on Mars, for obvious reasons. Coffee too I guess. Sucks to live on Mars.

Wait, no, it doesn't suck on Mars, because gravity is only one third and walking is so easy on the muscles, that - well, they tend to fade away. Which is bad I guess. Fitness centers are abundant on Mars to make up for this.

One more note about the cafe: It is art deco/50s style inspired and waitresses sometimes complain to their boss about the many stairs they have to take to bring people their coffee. Hot coffe and stairs of course equals trouble, but they get paid well and the cafe is pretty friggin' romantic! Check it out:

http://www.trickstertoys.com/additional/cafeteria_sofar.jpg

[Kei-th]

dragon4lunch looking good! I see great potention in this WIP!

is it going to be color or b/w?

[dragon4lunch]

I think I'm going for a film-noir type look. I'll keep it black and white Kei-th. Yeah, hope I'll pull off a nice piece!

[Eskay]

Balls, can't see AndrewLey's entry. :(

Nice WIP dragon4lunch, like the waitress sillhouette(sp?). :-p

[yAdam]

Nice entries!! Andrew, thats so good man!!! Hopefully i'll have something to enter for this one.

And Rook! Just saw the matches for the thunderdome! Good luck dude!

Yeah it is a lame excuse i just wanterd to make excuses in advanced if my pic was really shite. But now that thunderdome has started and i am in on that, and i am on hoildays for two weeks I defintily won't be joining this. Nice work there dragon4lunch.

[chaosrocks]

hey Mitze good luck on TD! I missed the entry.....spaced during a busy week..Im still hoping to get one of these in

[Hideyoshi]

yup, Dragon4lunch: that looks promising!

[dragon4lunch]

Hey, what's going on here?!!! Only two entries so far??? Come on people! Cafe's are places artists like to hang out - so you shouldn't have a problem coming up with a sweet cafe! Pa-leeeeaze!

[dragon4lunch]

another update to my space cafe. I'll do some more... I enjoy coming up with this imaginary place! I wish I could visit this cafe! Certainly a saver cafe to hang out than Andrews ;)

[chaosrocks]

We've got till wednesday....keep your pants on
chaos

[Tyranx]

what if we don't have pants?

[Simon Boxer]

Or perhaps he's wearing someone else's pants.

Lookin good, dragon.

I started an EOW today, should be able to find time and/or motivation to get it done... Environments tend to disagree with me.
Additionally, I'm not cool enough to hang out at cafes.

[Red_Rook]

tick tick tick tick tick

dont forget to put descriptions in!

[dragon4lunch]

Red-Rook thanks for reminding me. I'm done now, I won't be able to work on it for the next couple days, so this is what I have. I added some text. Fun stuff!

[chaosrocks]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e181/chaosrocks/cafe2.jpg

"Intimidated by her first cup, she waits by the door. hoping that inspiration will walk in. This is her office, her watering hole, her network and her connection."

I live in a university town, the cafe is my office. They have a nice internet connection and bottomless cups of coffee. Actual drawing from actual life isn't against the rules..is it?
chaos

[silliKONe]

as morning sunlight crept into the ice caverns of mars, two bleary eyed travelers sat in the EagleEye Cafe, sipping their java in silence...wondering what madness this day would bring them.

http://www.simonkono.com/storage/conceptart/sillikone_eow25_cafe.jpg

[Tyranx]

very nice silliKONE! now thats a cafe ;) very nice lighting btw.

[stewart one]

Hi everyone. thought id give this one a go aswell, and this time i put some more time into it. Hopefully it shows.
Really cool stuff so far here. I like all the pictures ive seen. Nice future feel them. And the one with the giant robowalker is great. Like the mood in that alot. And also the simple description of the people in the cafe in mars works great.

Anyways here mine.


Somewhere in the french mountains lies the fanciest cafe the world has to offer. Built by the richest man alive, with prices are soooo off the wall that none have ever been able to afford even the smallest cup of cofee. So the waiter just stands there waiting, for better times to come.


http://www.robotarm.se/gallery/pictures/skiss260.jpg

[Ryan DeMita]

http://daapspace.daap.uc.edu/~demitarc/envirofinal2.jpg

Two workers step outside the Su'Jin cafe for a smoke break just before they open on a busy Sunday. Large tourist barges begin their decent through the cold morning sky. Another day, another horde of rude tourists...

[Mr-Joe]

Hey very nice sillikone I see you found an Idea to add to the Ice cavern, Nice job man.

[silliKONe]

hey, thanks tyranx and mr-joe.

right! - after i started putting the window in, i realized that i could make it work for this assignment. this site is great - keeps me from working in a vacuum.

there are some really nice entries here!

[silliKONe]

and btw, NICE work getting all those concentric circles in perspective, dragon4. you have a steady hand and a lot of patience.

[invinciblewombat]

I love your desc and image dragon4lunch, especially the british part and the nice elipse work on the columns

[Ryan DeMita]

wombat, i guess you're in Nixon's morning drawing class because i was showing her my post on here and i looked at your sketchbook and she recognized some of your work. Its good to see UC kids on here.

[Red_Rook]

nice work guys! More!

[Zeitwolf]

Ah, I had an idea - but there's the timeout :( mah, why? could I have some more hours, pleas?

andrewLey - wonderful mood, if you ask me. the machinery looks creepy...

dragon4lunch - I wish I would be there... at least if I had enough money for a capucchino

silikone - reminded me somewhat of Berlin construction sides *drop*

steward one - just one problem... the stairway is not easy to leave (to get onto the levels). You know, what I mean?

[chaosrocks]

and done
chaos

[stewart one]

zeitwolf- haha yeah i totally see what youre talking about. awhell whats a man to do? Good practice anyways :)

[Kei-th]

:( ..

Voteing is going to be so hard this round.. Just to many to good entrys!
Poor me!

Keep up the good work guys!

[Zeitwolf]

steward one - I'm glad you understood (my english is poor)

kei-th - yeah, voting will be hard... I'm also anxious to see the voting results.

[Zeitwolf]

Roof Garden
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/odinsregen/sketches/eow25.jpg
In times when cities get more and more high-density areas, Madame Poof's idea to open the new Café on a roof was not the worst.


I'm sorry. this is more a concept than concept art... T_T

[Vulgar`]

damn.

Damn. Andrewley that reminds me of one of Dallas's sci fi images.

[Artifex33]

sillikone: Awesome, just awesome. Looks like a perfect work for the cover of a pulp SF novel.

dragon: yeah, i'll second the cool concentric rhythms you have going on there. you going to color that?? the lighting is way to sweet to let it languish in B&W!

[Tom Garden]

I am not sure if i have missed the dealine for this one :S but what the heck, did this peice anyways that i'd like to share regardsless :)

Not the easiest cafe to reach, but BY GOD - it has the best damn tea ever!

http://tomgarden.co.uk/Webpics/Rickty.jpg

[fooxoo]

Andrew!!! O_O

[Ryan DeMita]

Really great work in this thread. This is my first time participating and I hope to be able to crank out some good work considering school is out :teeth:. Setting my crap enviro aside, I'll comment on the others.

AndrewLey- Great! as usual. Quick, effective, strokes. You show the most confidence in this forum for sure. Nice work. Interesting brush strokes.Overall, great.


Dragon4Lunch- Nice work. Did you consider some color? The elipses are dead on. Some minor perspective issues around the fish tank but not too noticeable. EXCELLENT LIGHTING. My only gripe is you have elements in the background that heavily compete with the waitress in the foreground. Try uping the contrast on her or darkening the background a bit.


chaosrocks- Good perspective. Keep working on your elipses on the cup. Try using heavier line weight in darker areas. Keep working hard and post as much as possible!


silliKONe- Excellent! Good color, good concept. One small idea is maybe making some darker object around the bridge or close to the distance of the bridge such as a spaceship or something to push the depth even further. Great work.


stewart one- Excellent perspective, great concept (my favorite this week). The lighting seems a little strange because there are very few shadows to lead the eye into the believability. Also the texture on the ground seems strange. But otherwise good concept.


Zeitwolf- Good concept. Really push the darks and lights in your work. Good start. Dont be afraid to illustrate good ideas.


Nice work everyone. :xpld:

[stewart one]

No poll? No new topic? whats the deal?


ryan- thanks! glad you like it. perhaps the shadows should have been more defined.

[Destinatus]

I just got back from a convention and noticed that this is still the current E.O.W and since its not dead yet I thought I would just share what I had done since it was my very first Enviro drawing. If this stays open long enough and time allows I might be able to finish it.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e111/Destinatus/ca_sketch/cafe.jpg

[speculart]

Late I thought, but it still seems open.
http://www.dudleybirch.com/sijun/chinamount2.jpg
The only place the empress felt safe to talk freely and take her tea.

[silliKONe]

speculart - i like this a lot. love the guard & small details in the foreground - how they offset the distant cafe. it has a nice sense of scale. one comment - maybe if you could nudge the guard a leeeetle to the left (or add space on the right of the guard), and possibly add a tiny amount of breathing room to the path where it comes close to the bottom of the frame. everything else works beautifully.

[Interceptor]

oh my god, Andrew....

[speculart]

silliKONe. Wise guy huh? ....Yeah you are right, dont know why I didnt see that

[speculart]

did it thanks again silliKONe

[chaosrocks]

hey red..or some other mighty mod.. this is a week over due to close.
can wehave a new topic now?
chaos

[silliKONe]

np, spec. it's lookin great. like the addition of the extremem foreground dandelions (or buttercups?)

[speculart]

They are native blurred smears, buy a bunch for mothers day

[Ryan DeMita]

Poll? New topic?

[chaosrocks]

dunno sometimes MrRook can't get to a computer. there was on topic that never went to poll. (my work for it was crap so I didn't really care) .
chaos

[Red_Rook]

Oh jesus im sorry. Im really stressed, il do it in like 3 minutes, im sorry I totally forgot >_< im such a dipshit. Il put up the topic that never went to poll too. Sorry for beign such an asshole.

[chaosrocks]

no big deal!. we love you and appreciate you! don't stress!

;P
chaos

[Red_Rook]

<3 thank you